[Konvas] Recommended books (Off Topic)

[Steve Zimmerman]

Thinking from a visual and aesthetic point of view...
I was a fan of this book, Sight Sound Motion... in college.  I never had it as a textbook, but it it is structured as one.  It's been around since the late 60's in different editions.  WOW! is it expensive anymore!  My favorite parts is it goes deep into aesthetic concepts of compositional framing (with tons of clear illustrations and photos) and editing (180 rule, etc.), lighting and sound, that is useful to beginning students.  They don't use movie examples, it just explains the core concepts, so it won't become dated.
http://www.amazon.com/Sight-Sound-Motion-Applied-Aesthetics/dp/0495095729/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239265020&sr=8-1

These last two go into a little of the same stuff as the first one, but  not as deep and there's no photos just illustrations.  They are also much, much cheaper.
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen by Katz 

http://www.amazon.com/Film-Directing-Shot-Visualizing-Productions/dp/0941188108/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239265964&sr=1-1

and Film Directing: Cinematic Motion is good too.
http://www.amazon.com/Film-Directing-Cinematic-Motion-Second/dp/0941188906/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239265813&sr=1-1




--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Adam Frey <thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com> wrote:

> From: Adam Frey <thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com>
> Subject: [Konvas] Recommended books (Off Topic)
> To: "Konvas Discussion List" <cinema at konvas.org>
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 5:22 PM
> Hey all,
> Since I'm now teaching a class called "Introduction to
> Film", I'm looking for a good book to use for the class. Any
> suggestions?
> 
> Last year, the book I inherited for this class was Bordwell
> & Thompson's "Film Art: An Introduction". It's the 8th
> edition and it's full of information that is not what I'd
> consider entirely accurate (for instance, in it's Chapter 5
> they say the Academy ratio is 1.33:1. But in the glossary
> they say it was later 'normalized' to 1.85:1).
> 
> The book seems thick, overly complicated, somewhat
> confusing, and, since it's the 8th edition, not properly
> edited from all the changes made from earlier versions (even
> more, it doesn't mention LOMO lenses or Konvas anywhere!!!).
> On top of that, the students don't like it - so I'm on the
> lookout for a new book.
> 
> I do have a new book package in front of me that was
> recommended by the head of the Department (after asking a
> few of his colleagues), called "Looking at Movies: An
> Introduction to Film" by Richard Barsam (it also comes with
> a DVD and a smaller booklet called "Writing about movies").
> 
> Just thumbing thru, it already looks better than the prior
> book. Of course, I haven't had time to actually sit down and
> read it yet, so it may actually not be all that great...
> 
> So, anyone have any (other) suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Adam Frey
> Director/Cinematographer
> Crimson Chain Productions
> http://crimsonchain.com
> 
> Crimson Chain Productions
> PO Box 35
> Libertytown, MD 21771
> 
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